In the Arizona desert, Buddhists will embark on a three-year silent retreat

The 38 Ways to Happiness :- Expressing Respect to Those Worthy of Respect (1)

The 38 Ways to Happiness. The First Group of Blessings. Blessing Three :- Expressing Respect to Those Worthy of Respect (1)

The 38 Ways to Happiness :- Expressing Respect to Those Worthy of Respect (4)

The 38 Ways to Happiness. The First Group of Blessings. Blessing Three :- Expressing Respect to Those Worthy of Respect

Why do we need to identify our false friends?

Naturally we need to carefully observe the behaviors of those with whom we associate. It may to be easy to be able to tell what kind of a person they are because the persons may appear as our friends when is fact they could be false friends or even enemies

Creating the virtuous society for which the world awaits The kind of Society the World Awaits

In this chapter we will not only meet the word’ Good Friend’ [kalyanamitra] in addition to the ‘True Friend’

The 38 Ways to Happiness :- Expressing Respect to Those Worthy of Respect (2)

The 38 Ways to Happiness. The First Group of Blessings. Blessing Three :- Expressing Respect to Those Worthy of Respect.

A Mind Free Of Worldly Vicissitudes.

The mind is the nature of thought inside our body and can collect and assimilate all kinds of sense-objects

My daughter loves merit and is afraid of sin but she has no sense of responsibility. Will she gain merit from behaving this way? How should we guide her so that she realizes what she is doing?

My daughter loves merit and is afraid of sin. She wakes up in the morning to do the morning chanting. Then she sleeps almost until noon. In the evening, she does the evening chanting and then watches TV until late at night. She has no sense of responsibility and relies on her parents to take care of her although she is a full grown adult. Will she gain merit from behaving this way? How should we guide her so that she realizes what she is doing?

Target Character Trait # 1: Responsibility for ones own human dignity

The first three defilements of actions are physical evil action. The fourth is verbal evil action. The fourth is verbal evil action.

The 38 Ways to Happiness :- Living in an Amenable Location (2)

The 38 Ways to Happiness. The Second Group of Blessing. Blessing Four :- Living in an Amenable Location